8 characteristics a leader must have: Dr Kalam

8 characteristics a leader must have: Dr Kalam

As prices rise all around us (just yesterday, the rail fares went up and there has been a proposed hike in the price of diesel as well as the LPG gas cylinder), we thought it would be a good time to bring you former President APJ Abdul Kalam's vision for transforming India into a developed nation, with an economically developed, prosperous and peaceful society.

'The youth are confident they can transform India'

He believes the youth are ready to contribute towards national development.

In the last six months, said Dr Kalam, he had seen an additional change. The youth had become more confident in their belief that they could transform India.

This, said Dr Kalam, has given him the confidence that India will certainly become economically developed nation before the year 2020. The only thing that India needed, he said, is for her leaders to have a vision and push for it.

Dr Kalam's definition of an ideal leader!

He added that, in order to ensure sustainable development, the youth of India have to work in tandem with a creative leader to create a green, clean environment without pollution, have prosperity without poverty and peace without fear of war.

According to Dr Kalam, these are characteristics an ideal leader should have.

1. A leader must have a vision.

2. He must have the passion to transform this vision into action.

3. He must be able to travel into unexplored parts. A good leader, says Dr Kalam, never travels the paths explored by others.